On Nov 30, 8:50*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
Messing around the lower end of 75 tonight listening to the high speed
traffic nets (yeah - they still exist much to my delight). *Once they
closed down, I moved down the band to 3.520.50 and heard a faint call.
I switched from my 80 dipole to the long wire and got a couple of
extra s units - HS0B - thought I was hearing things. *I was already
tuned up - gave a shout and damn if he didn't hear me. *:)

Must have been long path - there was a lot of fade, but we got the QSO
exchange and quick name exchange before the pile up started. *I tried
listening through the QRM - he was still there, but really faint.

Must have hot spotted.

Interesting anyway - the low bands seem really mediocre. *I handed out
a few Qs today for the CW WW CW - maybe 200 in all - Europe turned on
and off like a freakin light switch. *Same with the JAs which are
normally all over 20 meters around sundown.

Damn global warming.

I blame Canada.

Wow - now I'm hearing all kinds of UAs - band shifted quick.

Hmmm - me thinks it's time to inspect the Beverages. *:)

Tom is SW effected a lot by weather?

Oddly enough, about 20 years ago, there was quite an odd summer storm
that came though, a lot of wind, sudden drop of temp, no tornado's and
no hail, but seemed weird for some reason, and too the north you could
see some really giant cumulus clouds with lightning ****s inside them.
i was driving south and was listening to the FM and i knew the station
I was listening to wasn't familiar but was ok, then came the
commercials and the station call sign. it was coming from Peoria IL.

From my location it would ahve been about 260 miles away,and clear as
a bell. that lasted for about a half hr, then the clouds started
shifting and sunbeams peaked though, and the station faded out.

Twilight Zone? Not hardly but odd weather effects on radio waves.

That happen w/short wave too? And if so,a re various bands effected
more than others?

just curious.